Each has its own units of length.
The metric system is more logical, because when you convert from one unit to another, you multiply or divide by powers of ten, which amounts to moving the decimal point. For example, 2.3 kilometers = 2300 meters; or .75 meter = 75 centimeter.
On the other hand, a U. S. mile is divided into either tenths (on your car's olometer) or 1,760 yards, or 5,280 feet. A foot is divided into 12 inches, and an inch is usually subdivided into sixteenths.
The term for measuring long distances in the metric system is kilometers.
To measure from a known point using the English system, use feet and inches. For example, if a known point is 10 feet away, you would measure out 10 feet. In the metric system, you would use meters or centimeters. If the known point is 3 meters away, you would measure out 3 meters.
A short long metric foot is called a 'meter' in the metric system. The meter is the base unit of length in the International System of Units (SI). It is equivalent to approximately 3.28 feet in the imperial system.
Kilometers
Kilometers are a unit of length used in the metric system to measure distances. It is shorter than a mile and is equivalent to 1000 meters.
metric system is for commies
Have scientists in all parts of the world long used metric systems?
The term for measuring long distances in the metric system is kilometers.
To measure from a known point using the English system, use feet and inches. For example, if a known point is 10 feet away, you would measure out 10 feet. In the metric system, you would use meters or centimeters. If the known point is 3 meters away, you would measure out 3 meters.
meters.
A short long metric foot is called a 'meter' in the metric system. The meter is the base unit of length in the International System of Units (SI). It is equivalent to approximately 3.28 feet in the imperial system.
Use whatever is common in your country. In the long term, however, the entire world should switch to metric, for reasons of standardization, so if you happen to live in a country that uses non-metric units, you might try to push for metrification.
This was decided a long time ago. The cost of converting to the metric system was too high!
in the early 18th century, in 1875.
kilogram There is only one metric system, and it is used to measure everything, If you mean what nits would you use to measure a dollar bill, its length would be in metres. All distances are in metres, prefixes merely show the fraction or multiple of metres. A dollar bill is 0.1559 metres long, for convenience this is written as 155.9 millimetres. It is 66.3 mm wide. Its weigth, or mass, is 1 gram.
I would use meters because well thats the only other choice to choose from!
The metric system is an international decimalised system of measurement official called: International System of Units ("Système International d'Unités" in French) hence "SI".